OTR Links for 08/28/2011

ImageStamper is a free tool for keeping dated, independently verified copies of license conditions associated with creative commons images. You can use it to safeguard your use of free images from license changes, or to prove you are the original image creator.

Welcome! This is a brand new, free teacher website. Take a look around to find back to school ideas, teacher resources, lesson plans, workshops, bulletin boards, games, discussions, classroom ideas, and much more!

People often mock me when I talk of paperless math (and rest assured, I still believe in using paper within a math class) and using mental math. However, I see a real value in using student discourse, mental math and multimedia tools within a math lesson. I used the following with a group of fifth graders and the students have been moving further toward meaningful dialogue and conceptual thinking.

Twitter is great for generating buzz, but sometimes that buzz isn’t all that constructive. As the east coast of the United States prepares for Hurricane Irene this weekend, tips on how to handle weather emergencies are appreciated by all audiences.

Members of the Education World Tech Team offer advice to help your school take advantage of technology in the coming year. Included: Our Tech Team presents their top ten list of tips to help you expand the ways you use technology.

As a new school year begins, we asked the Education World Tech Team to share their best suggestions for things you can do to facilitate technology integration in the months ahead. Here are the Team’s responses.

Adobe InDesign is a software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. In conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite InDesign can publish content suitable for tablet devices

The QWERTY keyboard was originally meant to offer a solution to the problem of keys sticking together on a typewriter by slowing typing down. The most commonly used letter combinations were placed further apart. The layout of the letters followed no intuitive logic. As a result, it worked for a short period – and solved the problem of sticking keys with an intentionally illogical and inefficient design.

There are three evacuation zones in New York City that are based on the strength of the hurricane making landfall. Mayor Bloomberg has issued a mandatory evacuation of Zone A, plus areas of the Rockaways that are in Zone B, by 5 p.m. on Saturday.